Only rating this 1 star, due to the price. I did not have a good experience with Nick, located in the Gloucester area. I booked my first lessons with him after having a little bit of experience before hand. Firstly, he arrived 5 minutes late on my first lesson, and took 10 minutes driving, taking time out of my lesson. I booked a 2 hour starter lesson to start off with for context.Secondly, when we did finally stop, he said to get into the drivers seat, and proceeded to tell me the basics which is fair. However, the tone in which he did this I did not like at all. He spoke down on me and spoke to me as if I was a 10 year old, and said every question wrong is more money I owed, in some respects it was okay, but other times when I was actually driving it distracted me and got on my nerves. Thirdly, when we finished, we finished 10 minutes early and then drove home, getting to my house 5 minutes early when my lesson was meant to finish longer. Moreover, when we arrived back at my house, his demeanour was not good, and when my mum came out and spoke about further lessons, he spoke very sarcastically. We went to book some more lessons, and they were only meant to be 1 hour, as he said the following week, 2:15 to 3:15. Moving onto my second lesson (which would ultimately be my final lesson with him) he picked me up at my house, late again, and took 25 minutes driving!! Taking time out of a lesson I am paying for. After this, this is where I felt very uncomfortable in the car with him during this lesson.Next, when we eventually stopped so I can get into the driving side, he spoke to me very sarcastically and rudely, and i made some minor mistakes , not “setting the gas correctly” and moving over to the left to allow for a car to get past, and he did not just speak to me in a lower tone and settle it. No he did not. He shouted at me, and grabbed the wheel firmly and pushed it, knocking my confidence and not wanting to drive with him. Furthermore, he was not patient, and when we were doing small junctions, he told me to stop, secure the car, set the gas correctly, and then move off , taking 2 minutes. Then, he wasn’t really paying attention and he was checking his phone a few times, and when I asked about is it this turning here he would be sarcastic. When I accidentally let off the clutch to quickly as well he would shout at me, and he also got in a mood if I took my foot off the clutch in first gear.Then, he actually let me drive home instead of him driving, so I finally got more value out of the lesson which was not much anyway, and while doing this he was telling me to use one hand to turn round corners, and at one point when we were driving told me to take both hands off the wheel and cross them to show me the car would not turn. This shook me up visually and I was not happy.I had 2 more lessons booked with him and I wanted to cancel them, so I messaged him, however he did not get back to me so I had to contact Bennett’s directly. I would not recommend Bennett’s to anyone as it seems their instructors have no patience and also cancel all the time, as my cousin has had a similar experience in Gloucester with constant cancellations. I would not be recommending them to anyone stay clear.In a different picture, I am not happy that he took almost an hour out of driving time altogether in 2 lessons because he was driving. He was also incompetent when teaching me as he had no patience for when I would eventually stall or not use the gear stick how he wanted me to hold it. I was paying nick to teach me how to drive not to talk for half an hour. Also, in my first lesson, he took 20 minutes just to explain how to use my mirrors and move my seat, and also went on to talk about how mirrors work because he was marking gcse physics papers that week. It really got on my nerves.I also forgot to mention for my second lesson, as i mentioned previously it was meant to be an hour, he actually booked me for 2. I confirmed it when I booked it with him after my first lesson and he said it would be an hour. When in an actual fact it wasn’t. That was very cheeky and took most of my money away from affording any more lessons. And also made me feel anxious of whether or not further lessons would all be booked for 2 hours. On a different note, his car was very dirty, as it had lots of mud in the footwell and on the doors. Made me feel disgusting.I would not be booking with Bennett’s again and I’m unhappy that almost an hour was taken away from my driving lessons and experience due to an incompetent driver who cannot trust people and talks down like they are 10 years old.
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